On Thursday 23 September 2004 11:49 am, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
>
> (although i'm doing this with a new FC3t2 box, i can't imagine it
> will make a big difference from FC2).
>
> i want to configure my first headless server, and want to make sure
> i do it properly so i don't hang it the first time and can never
> recover. :-P
>
> installation:
> FC3t2
> X + KDE (in case i want to occasionally slap a
> keyboard, mouse and monitor on for convenience)
> all the standard GUI and cmdline admin tools
I had to drag out my monitor the other day due to reasons I explain below.
>
> now, to make this headless, from googling a bit, i plan on doing the
> following:
>
> 1) default run level of 3
yes
> 2) modify BIOS to ignore missing keyboard (if that's relevant here)
I keep the keyboard and mouse plugged-in and stuffed on the floor behind the machine.
so I don't know if this is necessary.
> 3) add "apm=off" to GRUB boot line (what about acpi?)
I don't do this. I don't think it is necessary personally.
>
> from my reading, that would seem to be sufficient. thoughts?
>
Some thoughts based on recent experience:
- UPS!
- make sure the UPS is not 7 years old with a dead battery. i.e, regular maintenance and monitoring
- use journaled filesystems. that way you'll be less likely to need to drag out the Keyboard/Video/Mouse just
to perform fsck when the system looses power (in my case I had bad UPS and a power outage.. but someone
could kick-out the plug by mistake too)
Regards,
Allen
